Let A be a C*-algebra. We prove that every absolutely summing operator from A into ${\ell }_2$ factors through a Hilbert space operator that belongs to the 4-Schatten-von Neumann class. We also provide finite-dimensional examples that show that one cannot replace the 4-Schatten-von Neumann class by the p-Schatten-von Neumann class for any p < 4. As an application, we show that there exists a modulus of capacity ε → N(ε) so that if A is a C*-algebra and $T\in {\Pi }_1(A,{\ell }_2)$ with ${\pi }_1\left(T\right)\le 1$, then for every ε >0, the ε-capacity of...

Given a completely bounded map $u:Z\to M$ from an operator space $Z$ into a von Neumann algebra (or merely a unital dual algebra) $M$, we define $u$ to be $C$-semidiscrete if for any operator algebra $A$, the tensor operator $I_A\otimes u$ is bounded from $A{\otimes }_{\min }Z$ into $A{\otimes }_{\mathrm{nor}}M$, with norm less than $C$. We investigate this property and characterize it by suitable approximation properties, thus generalizing the Choi-Effros characterization of semidiscrete von Neumann algebras. Our work is an extension of some recent work of Pisier on an analogous...

Starting with a continuous injection I: X → Y between Banach spaces, we are interested in the Fréchet (non Banach) space obtained as the reduced projective limit of the real interpolation spaces. We study relationships among the pertenence of I to an operator ideal and the pertenence of the given interpolation space to the Grothendieck class generated by that ideal.